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No. 325,559. Patented sept. 22,1885;

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NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DANIEL B. HISER, OF SPRINGFIELD, OHIO.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 326,559, dated September 22, 1885.

Applicaiion filed March 23, 1885. (No model.)

'o all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL B. HrsER, of the city of Springfield, county of Clark, and

State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Burial-Gaskets, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to metallic caskets, cases, &c., the object of the invention being to provide a metallic casket that will be light, durable, easy to cast and set up, it being virtually an improvement upon the invention described and claimed in Patent N o. 288,804, dated November 20, 1883, granted to me.

My invention consists, primarily, in the special construction of the sides, ends, cover, and caps, and the manner in which they are connected, the devices for attaching the sides, ends, and bottom together, the devices for securing the sides and cover together, and the manner in which the face-glasses are secured to the cover, all substantially as hereinafter described.

Figure 1 represents in central longitudinal section a metallic burial-casket constructed in accordance with my invention; Fig. 2, a crosssection on-dotted line x x, Fig. 1, of the same, Fig. 3, an enlarged sectional detailof one side of the casket, taken on liney y, Fig. 1, the said Fig. 3 showing the device for locking the side and top of the casket together; Fig. 4, an enlarged sectional view of a portion of the cover as shown in Fig. 2; Fig. 5, details of the locking-lever for securing the top and sides of the casket together, Fig. 6, details of the fastening-plate for attaching the ends to the sides of the casket; Fig. 7, details of the plate for attaching the cover, sides, and ends of the casket together.

The casket consists of the metallic sides A, the two rounded ends B, bottom G, cover or top D, caps E, and the capcovers E.

The sides A of the casket, as well as their ends B, are cast with a double flanged rim, a, at their upper ends, and an internally-pro- To the iiange b of' the sides and ends is bolted the lbottom plate, C, which bottom may be, if desired, of sheet metal. By casting the sides and ends each with a T-shaped upper end, as shown at a, and an L-shaped lower end, as shown at b, the upper end forms a wide bearing for the cover D to rest upon, and the lower end forms, substantially, a portion of the bottcm of the casket and a suitable flange to bolt the bottom to.

The' sides and ends of the casket aresecured together upon theinside of the casket by means of angled fastening-plates G H, having screwholes, the ones G being bolted to the flange b of the sides and ends at thejoint of said sides and ends, and having a portion which bears against the upright portion of said sides and ends, and the ones H being secured to the internally-projecting flanges a of the sides and ends by means of bolts, and having a portion to bear against the upright portion of said sidesand ends at their joining-point.

The cover D is secured to the sides A and ends B by means of adjustable clips I, pivoted to the under side of the externally-projecting flanges ofthe sides and ends, as shown in Fig. 3, the said clip I having an open jawlike end, I', which, when the clip is swung around in a line with the length of the casket, grasps the outside lower edge of the cover and the outside iiange of the sidesor ends, which firmly secures them together. By securing the cover to the body of the casket by adjustable clips, as described, the cover may be put on and fastened or removed with much less trouble and in less time than were it necessary to screw the cover to the sides and ends, as heretofore.

The cover D has face-glass depressions on its upper face, which depressions have a faceglass opening, d, the sides of the depressions being stepped7 or having two shoulders, d2 d3, the shoulder d2 being provided with a flexible gasket, d4, upon which rests the faceglass e, said face-glass being secured in place by means of a frame, e', bolted to the shoulder d3, as shown in Fig. 4, which frame e has a ilexible gasket, e2, secured to its under side, which bears against the upper side of the faceglass.

It will be noticed by reference to Fig. 4 that the face-glass e rests upon the shoulder d2 below the level of the face of the cover D, and that the frame c, which holds said glass in place, is about on a level with the face of the cover. This is desirable, as it gives a better nish to the cover, and said glass is less liable to be broken in shipping, Src.

The cover will be constructed of cast metal,

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and to secure satisfactory results in casting, the sides or periphery of the cover willw be formed with a curved lower or base portion, f, an instep, f', a straight vertical or inclined central portion, f2, an instep, f3, and abeaded upper edge, f4, which configuration gives a handsome finish or symmetricalness to the said cover.

Secured to the cover D by means of screws (not shown) are metallic protecting-caps E, the sides of which are preferably ogeeshapcd, the said caps being open at the top, and provided with central covers, E', and, in consequence of the faceglass being below the level of the cover D, they are made low, and are placed directly over the face-glasses to protect them.

The inside of the casket will be provided with wooden strips to fasten the drapery to, as in caskets of ordinary construction.

I claim- 1. In a metallic casket, the combination, with the cover D, the face of which is depressed step-like, as shown, to provide a frame for the face-glass at a point below the plane of the top or face of the cover, ot' the glass e, the

' metallic frame c', secured to the cover D on a line with the face of said cover, and the rubber or flexible gaskets interposed between the rim and glass and between the glass and depressed portion of the cover D, said depressed portion having a face-glass opening, substantially as described.

2. In a casket, the combination, with the cover D, having the depressed face, said desaid glass and frame being below the level of 4o the face ofthe cover D, of the face-glass-protecting cap E, open at its center, and provided with a cover, E', secured thereto, all substantially as shown and described.

3. In a metallic casket, the body constructed in four sections-4. e., two sides, A, and two ends, B-flanged internally and externally at their upper ends, flanged internally at their lower end, and secured together at their seam by the angle-plates H G, having bolts extending through the internally-projecting tianges of the sides and ends, and constructed as shown, in combination with the cover D, having shouldered face-glass openings, and the face-glass frame e', with its glass secured therein, said cover being adjnstably'` secured to the body by the clips I. pivoted to the outwardlyprojecting flange of the body, and havingjaws tograsp the cover to hold it in place, all arrangedand constructed substantially as shown and described.

In witness whereof` I have hereunto set my hand and seal at Springfield, Ohio, this 20th day of March. A. D. 1885.

DANIEL B. HISER. [L s] In presence of- P. J. CLEvnNGER, VILLIAM A. FRY. 

